stiff-necked in English

adjective
1
(of a person or their behavior) haughty and stubborn.
Some have defended the Christian faith and others have criticised it - choosing to label its adherents as stiff-necked , lobotomised fundamentalists.

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1. Lit., “stiff-necked.”

2. I’ve joined the stiff-necked generation.

3. A stiff-necked, riotous people always on the verge of rebellion.

4. His repression is caused by his stiff-necked[Sentencedict.com], stifled upbringing.

5. However, like their stiff-necked ancestors, the majority of the Levites refused to accept Jesus.

6. Despite their willingly entering this covenant, they showed themselves to be a stiff-necked people.

7. 10 How was Moses to deal with a people whom Jehovah himself described as stiff-necked?

8. (Psalm 106:21) Their disobedient, stiff-necked attitude often resulted in their coming into dire circumstances.

9. And they did not give ear, but became stiff-necked ,(Sentencedict) like their fathers who had no faith in the Lord their God.

10. Could the 2020 Election Give Birth to a Centrist Third Party? This two-party dysfunction may soon force on the American people a stark choice: take the risk of holding on to the stiff-necked